Despite the ongoing uncertainty caused by the conflict in that country, the second operator in Ethiopia is still making plans for next year’s launch, most recently with news of the mobile number prefix it plans to employ. The Safaricom-led consortium, which won an operating licence in Ethiopia in July this year, plans to use the same 07 mobile number prefix it deploys in Kenya when it launches commercial operations next March. According to the Business Daily website this is the second mobile network prefix allocated in Ethiopia. A briefing with journalists also revealed that that the consortium is now recruiting staff ahead of the operational launch of the business, which is to be called Safaricom Ethiopia. This further underlines Safaricom’s intentions after it recently revealed its plans to lease and occupy an office building by the start of next year in Addis Ababa as a base for its Ethiopian operations.

Source: Ethiopian News December 20, 2021 16:26 UTC